Bethel, Iowa

7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1958 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Union Township. It lies in ZIP code area 52738. The Survey maps it on the Cotter quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Bethel within Louisa County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 7 printed sheets

Matched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.

1958 USGS Davenport quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1961 USGS Davenport quadrangle1:250000
1962 USGS Davenport quadrangle1:250000
1970 USGS Cotter quadrangle1:24000
1984 USGS Muscatine quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings

Fires near this place

5 since 2014

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 5 fires within 5 miles of Bethel (historical) between 2014 and 2017, burning about 37 acres in total. None started naturally. None was recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Reported cause	Fires
Debris and open burning	4
Smoking	1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

Date	Cause	Size	Reported by	Name on the report
6 June 2017	Smoking	2.0 acres	Iowa Department of Natural Resources	not named
6 April 2014	Debris and open burning	15 acres	Iowa Department of Natural Resources	not named
21 March 2017	Debris and open burning	3.0 acres	Iowa Department of Natural Resources	not named
12 March 2017	Debris and open burning	15 acres	Iowa Department of Natural Resources	not named
17 February 2017	Debris and open burning	2.0 acres	Iowa Department of Natural Resources	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Louisa County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Bethel (historical): 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where	Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
	Unknown	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer

Every working recorded in Louisa County

Nearest settlements

The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Gladwin	2.0 miles	7
Cotter	5.7 miles	7
Hillsboro (historical)	8.7 miles	7
Lafayette (historical)	8.7 miles	7
Columbus Junction	9.1 miles	7
Columbus City	9.8 miles	7
Fredonia	9.8 miles	7
Wyman	12.5 miles	7

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 464280. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.

Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.

Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.